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dread

/dɹɛd/noun, verb, adjective1 syllable

Dread means: causing fear or dread or terror.

Synonyms for dread15

noun, as in fearful expectation or anticipation

apprehension, apprehensiveness

verb, as in be afraid or scared of; be frightened of

fear

adjective, as in causing fear or dread or terror

awful, dire, direful, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible, alarming

What does dread mean?3

adjective

1

causing fear or dread or terror“the awful war”

noun

1

fearful expectation or anticipation“the student looked around the examination room with apprehension”

verb

1

be afraid or scared of; be frightened of“I fear the winters in Moscow”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with dread?34

three syllables

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All 34 rhymes for dread, grouped by syllable

Dread in a sentence

  • The more he mentions that house, the more dread overtakes him.anzart
  • He is in constant dread of his father.unknown
  • Yanni woke up to an overwhelming sense of dread.Amastan
  • Yanni felt sick to his stomach and full of dread.Amastan
  • I dread more the peril to my good name.Cangarejo
  • The thought of being alone fills me with dread.megamanenm
  • I dread the idea of being apart from you.Nuel
  • My feelings of dread of being watched were strong.Amastan

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Forms of dread

as a noun

plural
dreads

as a verb

past tense
dreaded
present participle
dreading
third-person singular
dreads
past participle
dreaded

as a adjective

comparative
dreader
superlative
dreadest